Flood-gate.



No. 706.776. 7 Patented Aug. 12. I902.

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FLOOD GATE.

(Application filed June 8, 1901. Repewed Apr. 25, 1902.)

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(Application filed June ,8, 1901. Renewed Apr; 25, 1902.)

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JOHN D. PENN, OF PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL K. S. BAZZELL,OF BARD, ARKANSAS.

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srncrmcerron forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,776, dated August12, 1902. Application filed June 8, 1901. Renewed April 25, 1902. SerialNo. 104,678. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN D. PENN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paragould, in the county of Greene and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flood-Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Myinvention is a flood-gate, and is designed for use across streams andfor fencesin overflowed grounds. This fence may be used anywhere wherethe lands are subject to overflow, and as many of these gates or panelsmay be used as found necessary.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myinvention, the gate erect. Fig. 2 is an end view, the gate down. Fig. 3is a longitudinal-sectional View, the

My invention is described as follows:

1 represents the mudsills, onelto be placed on each side of the stream.These mudsills are each provided with recesses 2, by means of which theymay be secured to the ground by stobs or spikes. Eachof these mudsillsis provided on its inner edgewith a larger recess 3 for the reception ofthe'lower crossrail of the gate, so that the gate may lie back in ahorizontal position. 7

The hinged beam- 4. is preferably made square, its ends 5 round andheld'to the mudsills by bearings 6. Secured to the front face of thishinged beam are upright slats 7, whose lower ends are beveled or roundedoff, so that when the gate is down there willbe no square ends to catchdriftwood, and a short distance above the hinged beam is secured acrossbeam 8, and some distance above the crossbeam 8 is an uppercross-beam 9. These two cross-beams 8 and 9 extend beyond the bearin gs6, and to the extreme ends of these crossbeams 8 and 9 and in a linewith the slats 7 are secured two other upright slats 10. object of theseextensions is that when more than one gate or panel areused theadjoining hinged beams may be secured to the opposite sides of themudsills and the extensions from both panels will meet in the center,and thus there will be no gap between the panels.

Secured in the front face and between the two middle upright slats is aneye 11., The

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upper part of this eye is flush with the front faces of the slats. Tothis eye is secured the rear end of a coil-spring 12, the front end ofwhich is secured to a stob 13, driven in the middle of the stream. Theobject of sinking the eye in the cross-beam, so that its upper part willnot be more than flush with the front faces of the slats, is that whenthe gate is pressed back and down to a horizontal. position the said eye11 and spring 12 will be buried between the two middle slats, and thusthere will be nothing to obstruct the passage of driftwood or the like.

In each end of the hinged beam and secured to the lower face thereof anda little in advance of its center is an extension or pin 14, and to theinner facesof each of the mudsills l is secured under said hinged beamand a little to the front of its center another extension or pin 15, sothat when the gate is raised to a perpendicular position the pins orextensions 14: will rest against the pin or extension 15, and thusthegatewill be held in an up right position-that is, the spring 12 will notbe able to hold it rearwardly farther than to an upright position.

In reading the drawings and specification we have considered that theside of the gate downstream is the front side.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- The combination of the mudsills 1, provided withrecesses 2, and 3; a hinged beam secured to said mudsills by bearings 6;slats secured to thefront face of said hinged beam in an uprightposition; a cross-beam secured to said slats just above said hingedbeam, and extending beyond each end of said hinged beam; an uppercross-beam secured to said slats, above last-mentioned beam, andextending beyond the ends of said hinged beam; two shorter slats, one ateach end, secured to the ends and front faces of said last-mentionedcross-beams; an eye secured in the front face of the upper cross-beam,flush with the front faces of the first-mentioned slats;

'a spiral spring, having one end secured to said eye, and its other to astob in the stream in such position that when the gate is horizontal,the upper part of said spring, and the position,substantia1lyas shownand described extreme upper part of said eye will not extend and for thepurposes set forth. IO above the said slats; extensions, one secured Intestimony whereof I affix my signature to the lower face and near eachend of the in presence of two witnesses.

5 hinged beam; extensions secured to the inner JOHN D. PENN.

face of each of the mudsills in position to ar- Witnesses: rest thefirst-mentioned extension, and hold A. B. HEYs,

the gate as against the spring in an upright KNOX LYTTON.

